Irate judge takes Patna police to task over traffic congestion

Judge extremely displeased after arriving to court an hour late

ABihar judge ordered a senior police official to measure the time it took him to travel from his home to the court after the judge was delayed in traffic. The officer was quick to do so and escaped the wrath of the court.

The incident occurred after Patna High Court judge Chakradhari Sharan Singh reached his office about an hour late on Friday owing to a traffic jam on the main road.

This was the second time that the judge was late for work on a road that normally takes him less than 15 minutes to get to court. According to reports, the enraged judge immediately called up Patna city’s Superintendent of Police and requested the traffic police officer responsible assigned to the road he uses to get to work.

The officer was instructed make his way to the judge’s house and report back to the judge on time it took him to get there and back. The officer quickly complied and immediately reported to the judge on his return.

“Sir, it took me 15 minutes to come to the court from your home,” he told the judge.

Illegal encroachments

Not satisfied with the officer’s response, the judge expressed his annoyance over the illegal encroachments along the main road and demanded to know when they would be removed. He only allowed the officer to go upon getting an assurance that they would be removed “soon”.